New Sliding Table Saw

So ....

Full sheets.......

Going horizontal is going to suck up space........



Have you considered vertical panel milling.......:blink:


For $10-$15 k you can get yourself some serious Dutch/German made vertical panel milling machinery.

Personally,...
I think horizontal sizing is go the way of the VCR...:laughing:.......pita.......


http://www.ebay.com/itm/HOLZ-HER-12...688?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item41767d2ad0



B,

(IMO) ,
A VPS doesn't take up space , actually very little . Consider the horizontal application. A "full" comercial slider will eat up 3-400 sq ft of shop space to perform with nothing in the way- 20' x 18' depending on the machine.

It's just my oppinion so please don't take it personally....I realize we all have our own way. I have been leaning on getting a vertical panel saw for the last few years just because of the space savings.....all in due time.


Just a nice clean set up IMO - (example): http://youtu.be/eUsPvt37a5M



Good luck with your find for your slider and I hope it all works out for you ..:thumbsup:


B,

We bought a used SCMI about 9 years ago. Its been a great saw. Cuts are incredibly square.
I was never that comfortable using it to break down parts on a day to day basis though. Reaching over the blade is awkward to say the least and dangerous to say the most. But there are plenty of shops that do it all day every day with great success. I'm happy that we went the cnc route.

My partner cam from a high volume commercial shop with a Holtzer vertical panel saw. It may be an issue that has been worked out on newer machines but theirs was very difficult to keep true. They required a separate floating slab to mount to. Any slight movement in the floor creates a problem for the machine to produce square parts. The machine is still in service and still has difficulty on the floating slab.
The hollow ground blades were very temperamental as well. They didn't have a scoring blade. It had a scoring knife of sorts that they chose not to use for quality reasons.

Other than that, he loved the hell out of that machine. I do mean that. They broke down units of material every week and enjoyed the functionality of the saw. The quality issues be damned.

I understand the shop space issue of a slider too. It is a big foot print. We reduced it, so to speak, by including the UniSaw on the same table. We have never regretted that. On occasion two guys may be bidding for the same space but that really hasn't been an issue.

If I was setting up for production with no eye on cnc technology, I would take a long hard look at an Altendorf with electronic fence. They seem to be the saw of choice for many shops in our area. There has to be a list of reasons. There have been used ones come up for sale from time time too but usually that shop is just upgrading into another Altendorf.